Events
Singapore Queer Memory Project is pleased to launch our ongoing programming with a series of presentations and activities, including our queer history timeline, art presentations, workshops as well as a storytelling series.
The storytelling series offers audiences an opportunity to connect and converse with queer storytellers sharing their part in queer history and in making community in Singapore. The first in the storytelling series, Connecting Our Pasts, features older queer individuals who have been participating in queer life and organising for decades. Ask and share about growing up pre-repeal and on days of active surveillance and harassment. Hear stories about how Singapore has changed, and hasn’t.
On 18 September, we will focus on pivotal moments and untold stories that have shaped the gay and trans community over the past three decades. A lively q&a is encouraged. Following the panel, we’ll shift focus to the experiences of queer women in a second, equally captivating conversation on 19 September. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate queer history from diverse perspectives in our Storytellers series.
Click Here to Register
Meet Our Speakers
Jean Chong (She/Her)
Founder of Sayoni & Asia Feminist LBQ Network
Jean Chong is the Executive Director of the Asia Feminist LBQ Network and CEO of the Queer Feminist Fund, supporting queer groups across Asia. She co-founded and leads Sayoni in Singapore, and was a founding member of the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus and Free Community Church. With global roles at OutRight International and as an advisor to foundations, she has long championed LGBTQ+ rights. Jean holds a Master’s in Human Rights and has received awards from AWARE and APCOM.
Irene Ang (She/Her)
Founder & CEO of FLY Entertainment Pte Ltd
Irene Ang, Founder & CEO of FLY Entertainment, is best known for her iconic role as Rosie Phua in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, earning multiple Asian Television Awards. The first Singaporean actress invited to join the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences jury, she has received accolades including “Greatest Women of Our Time” and the Singapore Entertainment Awards’ Outstanding Achievement Award. Beyond acting, Irene is a producer, creative director, motivational speaker, and industry leader serving on numerous boards and councils.
Robin Rheaume (She/Her)
Founder of Recyclopedia.sg
Robin, originally from Montreal, has lived in Singapore since 1992. After two decades in banking, she shifted to NGO work, focusing on sustainability and zero-waste. She led Singapore’s largest zero-waste Facebook group, Journey to Zero Waste Life Singapore, now with over 16,000 members. In 2022, she founded Recyclopedia.sg, a platform offering practical advice on sustainable waste disposal. Through these efforts, Robin fosters education and dialogue on sustainable living, making reliable knowledge more accessible to the public.
Dr Kamalini Ramdas (She/Her)
Researcher & Educator
Dr Kamalini Ramdas is a feminist geographer whose research spans queer and feminist theory, pedagogy, geography education, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. She has published widely, co-edited books on Asian marriage and Singapore’s changing landscapes, and collaborated with groups in the arts, sports, and education sectors. With over 20 years of experience working with Singapore’s LGBTQ+ community, she explores how activism can create alternative spaces of care and possibility for marginalised groups. She was also a keynote speaker at the Singapore Writers Festival 2022.